Construction Magazine March 2017 | Page 136

SHINING KNIGHT FACILITY SERVICES

“ Every year we hold the Eco Knight Awards where we recognise the work that we ’ ve done with clients to reduce waste and recycle ”

– Arthur Calcatjicos , Managing Director

When Arthur Calcatjicos and his wife Kim founded Shining Knight in 1998 , it was a small operation they ran while maintaining regular jobs during the day . “ We started off ourselves doing a bit of part-time cleaning at night , and it has now expanded to 738 staff as well as into all states in Australia ,” Arthur says .

Today they ’ re the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer respectively of this thriving business , which has seen its remit grow from solely providing cleaning services to hygiene , waste management , pest control and gardening . In 2016 , they added security services to their roster . As well as undertaking all the typical jobs of a cleaning company , like cleaning offices and commercial high rise , they also specialise in hard to tackle tasks like restoring buildings after flood and fire damages , and graffiti removal .
Arthur Calcatjicos ’ role includes overseeing the day-to-day operations of the whole company , directly liaising with existing clients , and building relationships with new ones . These clients are typically in the government , commercial office , leisure , healthcare , and retail sectors , and they ’ ve worked with very high profile names like
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